This Day In Wrestling History- January 17th

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2000– Steve Austin undergoes neck surgery to remove a bone spur that was touching his spinal cord. He had been written off television with an attack at the Survivor Series in November, with Austin being hit by a car in the parking lot of the arena upon arrival. Austin’s surgery was performed by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in San Antonio, Texas. Youngblood has done surgery on several other WWE performers as well

2008 – Tommy Dreamer wrote a column on the ECW website asking who he pissed off…seriously. Dreamer mentions in the column that he was recently stopped in an airport & asked why he doesn’t appear on ECW anymore. He writes about not being used & challenges the company to do a storyline with him similar to Rocky with the idea being that he’s going for one last chance of glory

In 1994, The WWF holds an event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York:
– Scott Putski pinned Iron Mike Sharpe
– Rick Steiner & Ludvig Borga fought to a double countout. This would be Borga’s last match in the WWF as he suffered an serious ankle injury during, which ultimately led to his release from the company. It has been rumored that Borga was possibly in line for a WWF Title run in the future.
– WWF Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification after Shawn Michaels interfered.
– WWF Champion Yokozuna defeated Tatanka
– The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The 1-2-3 Kid & Marty Jannetty to win the title
– Owen Hart won a 30-man Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Fatu

In 2010, TNA Genesis, held in Orlando, Florida, was the first TNA PPV to feature Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff. It was also the first since the Asylum days to use a standard 4-sided ring rather than TNA’s signature 6-sides